3 Things They Say Are Easy (But Actually Aren’t)
Photo by Wynand van Poortvliet. Used with permission. I’ve been pondering lately. Pondering all the wisdom out there on the interwebz that says things are easy. Just do this, they say, and you’ll be living the dream in no time. It’s easy, they say. Yeah, right. If things were that easy, I’d be loved up,
Wouldn’t it be cool if…?
A few weeks ago I sat in on an excellent webinar by Caz Makepeace from Y Travel. The webinar was about building a business out of your blog, and one of the key takeaways for me was to build a vision for what I wanted to achieve. Not unusual, I hear you say. Any marketer
Back in Bali…
I’m starting 2016 off in the best way possible. I’m back in Bali for the first three weeks of January. I’ll be doing awesome stuff like working on novel and hanging out with Made. I’ll be blogging over at The Travelling Homebody if you want to follow my travels, and I’ll be posting snippets of
2015: the year that was
It’s a long-held tradition of mine to look back on the year that was, and examine it through the lens of lessons learned. I don’t do New Year resolutions, I do New Year revelations. I like to think about what went well. What didn’t. What I’d do differently. What I’d do again in a heartbeat.
4 important lessons learned from Bali
As you know, I’ve just returned from a trip to Bali. I went there for the Write A Bestseller Retreat at Sharing Bali. I think I also mentioned in a previous post somewhere that I had never been interested in going to Bali, what with all the drunk Australians that are drawn to the island.
Sunday Best – Work
Sunday Best is a curated list of articles I’ve read over the past week or so that I find enlightening, educational or just plain interesting. This week’s focus is surviving and thriving at work. Enjoy! Office politics Urgh. Work politics. I must admit I suck at it. Colin Gautrey explains how to play the politics
A two week hiatus…
By the time you read this, I will be in Bali, partaking of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and then Sharing Bali’s Write A Bestseller Retreat. I’ll be spending a few days in Sanur afterwards, smashing my NaNoWriMo word count out of the ball park. Well, that’s the plan, anyway! I’m not taking a complete hiatus, though. I’ll
3 contradictory truths about self publishing
I have been on this self publishing journey since around this time last year. In October 2014, I decided to take myself down the self publishing route because I was tired of waiting to be picked, waiting to be published. I could pick myself—I had the tools, and I could learn what I didn’t know how
A birthday update
Last week I turned a young 52. I say young, because I don’t feel old, and people (generally) don’t consider me old. Sure, I have senior moments when I walk into a room and can’t remember why I went in there in the first place. My hair is more gray than brown now; my skin
On perspective
Bad is never good until worse happens. ~ Danish proverb I’ve been thinking a lot about perspective lately, and I have come to believe that it is one of the most valuable of gifts. It is a gradual awakening, brought on by comparing each of our experiences, beliefs, attitudes, views and opinions, one against the
Choosing life
My sister shared some sad news with me a couple of weeks ago. Her ex-partner and also the father of her daughter—my niece—has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It’s spread and he’s been told has six months to live. She is deeply saddened by this news, and I felt for her, not least because
My 3 Christmas wishes
Christmas is upon us once again. I know it’s a cliché, but I cannot believe how quickly this year has flown past. It seems like only yesterday that I was having one of the worst Christmases ever; one that almost broke my heart. I have recovered, but only just. This year, I declared that I